Amazon Cloud Map

Amazon Cloud Map is a cloud resource discovery service that maintains an updated registry of application resources and their locations. Define custom names for application resources and use Cloud Map to dynamically discover service dependencies with integrated health checking and automatic updates.

Amazon Cloud Map publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Instances API, Namespaces API, and Services API. Tagged areas include Cloud Map, Service Discovery, Microservices, and DNS.

The Amazon Cloud Map catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon Cloud Map’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, and 20 more developer resources.

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45.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 47/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9

AccessSelf serve

3 APIs 5 Features 4 Use Cases

Cloud MapService DiscoveryMicroservicesDNS

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scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9

Composite quality — 45.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 9.6 / 12

Discoverability 8.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 47/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon Cloud Map Instances API

Operations for registering and discovering service instances

Amazon Cloud Map Namespaces API

Operations for managing service discovery namespaces

Amazon Cloud Map Services API

Operations for managing services within namespaces

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Service Registry

Maintain an up-to-date registry of application resources with custom naming.

Health Monitoring

Continuously monitor health of every IP-based component and route only to healthy endpoints.

Dynamic Discovery

Automatically update service registries as services scale up or down.

Custom Names

Define custom names for application resources rather than hardcoding IP addresses.

Multi-Environment Support

Maintain service registries across different deployment environments, regions, and application versions.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Cloud Map Context

15 classes · 20 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon Cloud Map API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon Cloud Map API Rules

26 rules · 12 errors 12 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 13

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

CreateServiceRequest

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CreateServiceResponse

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Cloud Map Service Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 13

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Cloud Map Create Service Request Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Cloud Map Create Service Response Example

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Cloud Map Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Cloud Map Agentic Access

6 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Microservice Discovery

Enable services to locate dependencies in dynamic container environments with ECS and EKS.

Health-Based Routing

Ensure traffic routes only to verified healthy service endpoints.

CI/CD Integration

Automatically register and deregister services during CI/CD pipeline deployments.

Multi-Region Service Mesh

Discover services across multiple AWS regions with a unified namespace.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Amazon ECS

Automatically register ECS task IPs in Cloud Map as containers launch.

Amazon EKS

Integrate Kubernetes service discovery with Cloud Map for hybrid environments.

Amazon Route 53

DNS-based service discovery backed by Route 53 private hosted zones.

AWS App Mesh

Use Cloud Map as the service registry for App Mesh virtual services.

AWS IAM

Control access to Cloud Map namespaces with IAM policies.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Console

Console

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Conformance

Lifecycle

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

StackOverflow

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: amazon-cloud-map
name: Amazon Cloud Map
description: Amazon Cloud Map is a cloud resource discovery service that maintains an updated registry of application resources
  and their locations. Define custom names for application resources and use Cloud Map to dynamically discover service dependencies
  with integrated health checking and automatic updates.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-cloud-map.png
tags:
- AWS
- Cloud Map
- Service Discovery
- Microservices
- DNS
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-cloud-map/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-cloud-map:amazon-cloud-map-instances-api
  name: Amazon Cloud Map Instances API
  description: Operations for registering and discovering service instances
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
  baseURL: https://servicediscovery.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloud-map-instances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-namespace-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloud-map-context.jsonld
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloud-map-problem-types.yml
- aid: amazon-cloud-map:amazon-cloud-map-namespaces-api
  name: Amazon Cloud Map Namespaces API
  description: Operations for managing service discovery namespaces
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
  baseURL: https://servicediscovery.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Namespaces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloud-map-namespaces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-namespace-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloud-map-context.jsonld
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloud-map-problem-types.yml
- aid: amazon-cloud-map:amazon-cloud-map-services-api
  name: Amazon Cloud Map Services API
  description: Operations for managing services within namespaces
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
  baseURL: https://servicediscovery.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-cloud-map-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/latest/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-namespace-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cloud-map-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-cloud-map-context.jsonld
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/amazon-cloud-map-problem-types.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-cloud-map-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-cloud-map-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-cloud-map-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-cloud-map-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-cloud-map-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloud-map/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudmap/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signup?request_type=register
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-cloud-map
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-cloud-map-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-cloud-map-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-cloud-map-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-cloud-map-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-cloud-map-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-cloud-map-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-cloud-map-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-cloud-map-lifecycle.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Service Registry
    description: Maintain an up-to-date registry of application resources with custom naming.
  - name: Health Monitoring
    description: Continuously monitor health of every IP-based component and route only to healthy endpoints.
  - name: Dynamic Discovery
    description: Automatically update service registries as services scale up or down.
  - name: Custom Names
    description: Define custom names for application resources rather than hardcoding IP addresses.
  - name: Multi-Environment Support
    description: Maintain service registries across different deployment environments, regions, and application versions.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Microservice Discovery
    description: Enable services to locate dependencies in dynamic container environments with ECS and EKS.
  - name: Health-Based Routing
    description: Ensure traffic routes only to verified healthy service endpoints.
  - name: CI/CD Integration
    description: Automatically register and deregister services during CI/CD pipeline deployments.
  - name: Multi-Region Service Mesh
    description: Discover services across multiple AWS regions with a unified namespace.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon ECS
    description: Automatically register ECS task IPs in Cloud Map as containers launch.
  - name: Amazon EKS
    description: Integrate Kubernetes service discovery with Cloud Map for hybrid environments.
  - name: Amazon Route 53
    description: DNS-based service discovery backed by Route 53 private hosted zones.
  - name: AWS App Mesh
    description: Use Cloud Map as the service registry for App Mesh virtual services.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to Cloud Map namespaces with IAM policies.

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